Author: Clyve Jones
Publisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 184383717X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
This institutional history charts the development and evolution of parliament from the Scottish and Irish parliaments, through the post-Act of Union parliament and into the devolved assemblies of the 1990s. It considers all aspects of parliament as an institution, including membership, parties, constituencies and elections.
A Short History of Parliament
Author: Clyve Jones
Publisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 184383717X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
This institutional history charts the development and evolution of parliament from the Scottish and Irish parliaments, through the post-Act of Union parliament and into the devolved assemblies of the 1990s. It considers all aspects of parliament as an institution, including membership, parties, constituencies and elections.
Publisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 184383717X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
This institutional history charts the development and evolution of parliament from the Scottish and Irish parliaments, through the post-Act of Union parliament and into the devolved assemblies of the 1990s. It considers all aspects of parliament as an institution, including membership, parties, constituencies and elections.
A Constitution for the Socialist Commonwealth of Great Britain
Author: Sidney Webb
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reconstruction (1914-1939)
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reconstruction (1914-1939)
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
A Chronological Register of Both Houses of the British Parliament, from the Union in 1708, to the Third Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in 1807
Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates, During the ... Session of the ... Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the Kingdom of Great Britain ...
Author: Great Britain. Parliament
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
The Legislative Process in Great Britain
Author: S. A. Walkland
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000478165
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Originally published in 1968, this book deals with the process of public legislation in modern Britain at the time, not in terms of constitutional formulae, but by a realistic appraisal of the relationships between the political institutions and forces which gave the process its shape. It concentrates particularly on the procedures and conventions which operated at the preparatory stages of legislation, and established that legislation was almost exclusively a governmental function, Parliament playing only a minor role. It is particularly concerned to stress the extent to which consultation by the government with pressure groups was now a major feature of the legislative process, and concludes that subordinate departmental legislation, developed as a result of collaboration between pressure groups and Civil Servants, was the most characteristic and important stage of the legislative process in Britain. The book brought together the conclusions of recent scholarship in this field, and the result is a balanced perspective of an important decision-making process of British government at the time. Today it can be read in its historical context.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000478165
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Originally published in 1968, this book deals with the process of public legislation in modern Britain at the time, not in terms of constitutional formulae, but by a realistic appraisal of the relationships between the political institutions and forces which gave the process its shape. It concentrates particularly on the procedures and conventions which operated at the preparatory stages of legislation, and established that legislation was almost exclusively a governmental function, Parliament playing only a minor role. It is particularly concerned to stress the extent to which consultation by the government with pressure groups was now a major feature of the legislative process, and concludes that subordinate departmental legislation, developed as a result of collaboration between pressure groups and Civil Servants, was the most characteristic and important stage of the legislative process in Britain. The book brought together the conclusions of recent scholarship in this field, and the result is a balanced perspective of an important decision-making process of British government at the time. Today it can be read in its historical context.
Back from Westminster
Author: Phillip Norton
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813187443
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The British House of Commons has entered a period of substantial change, moving from a state of party cohesion and party leadership toward a more individualistic and active policy-making role. In the dynamic look at the British Parliament and its members, Philip Norton and David M. Wood highlight that change to more intensive constituency response and service on the part of individual members. Like members of the U.S. Congress, British Members of Parliament (MPs) are elected to represent geographical districts. The relationship between the MP and the constituency in Britain has become more important in recent years, but the major changes that have occurred in the relationship since the late 1960s have not been matched by extensive scholarly study. Some pathbreaking work has been done on the subject, but it remains overshadowed by the wealth of material focusing on MPs' activities within the legislative chambers at Westminster. This volume seeks to fill the gap by sketching and assessing the electoral significance of the MPs' constituency work and the broader political ramifications for the workings of the British Parliament. Its findings allow the MP to be seen in full. Norton and Wood argue that the constituency role has gained in importance in recent decades as MPs have become more career-oriented than their forerunners in mid-century. But a by-product of greater professionalism and careerism has been an expanded job description that may take MPs' time and energies away from playing a more effective role in helping to shape the broader policy alternatives for the United Kingdom.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813187443
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The British House of Commons has entered a period of substantial change, moving from a state of party cohesion and party leadership toward a more individualistic and active policy-making role. In the dynamic look at the British Parliament and its members, Philip Norton and David M. Wood highlight that change to more intensive constituency response and service on the part of individual members. Like members of the U.S. Congress, British Members of Parliament (MPs) are elected to represent geographical districts. The relationship between the MP and the constituency in Britain has become more important in recent years, but the major changes that have occurred in the relationship since the late 1960s have not been matched by extensive scholarly study. Some pathbreaking work has been done on the subject, but it remains overshadowed by the wealth of material focusing on MPs' activities within the legislative chambers at Westminster. This volume seeks to fill the gap by sketching and assessing the electoral significance of the MPs' constituency work and the broader political ramifications for the workings of the British Parliament. Its findings allow the MP to be seen in full. Norton and Wood argue that the constituency role has gained in importance in recent decades as MPs have become more career-oriented than their forerunners in mid-century. But a by-product of greater professionalism and careerism has been an expanded job description that may take MPs' time and energies away from playing a more effective role in helping to shape the broader policy alternatives for the United Kingdom.
The Reformation Parliament 1529-1536
Author: Professor Emeritus Stanford E Lehmberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521076555
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Reformation Parliament was one of the most important assemblies ever to meet in England.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521076555
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Reformation Parliament was one of the most important assemblies ever to meet in England.
The History, Debates, and Proceedings of Both Houses of Parliament of Great Britain from the Year 1743 to the Year 1774
Author: Great Britain. Parliament
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Parliament the Mirror of the Nation
Author: Gregory Conti
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108428738
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The notion of 'representative democracy' seems unquestionably familiar today, but how did the Victorians understand democracy, parliamentary representation, and diversity?
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108428738
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The notion of 'representative democracy' seems unquestionably familiar today, but how did the Victorians understand democracy, parliamentary representation, and diversity?
Writing the History of Parliament in Tudor and Early Stuart England
Author: Paul Cavill
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781526115904
Category : LAW
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781526115904
Category : LAW
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description